I supppose you might expect those of us from other states to make sarcastic
remarks about you choice for this test?
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mammoth E-30 Product Review - Zone-10 Website
> Ken,
>
> I never heard a B-58 sonic boom, so I can't comment. However, we have a
> lot
> of recent experience with the booms of the F-22. The Lockheed/Martin
> plant
> in Atlanta has received permission to test these aircraft along a corridor
> that runs from East Tennessee to North Alabama. They pass near our home
> frequently, most often in pairs. I have a sheet rock crack in my kitchen
> ceiling, as well as some seams opening up in the garage ceiling, as a
> result
> of their efforts.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Mammoth E-30 Product Review - Zone-10 Website
>
>
>> Didn't the B-58 have an uniquely powerful sonic boom? I grew up along
>> Lake
>> Michigan and remember extremely strong sonic booms up through the time
>> the
>> B-58 was retired. They used to head northward out of Indiana up along the
>> lake shore.
>>
>> You could usually identify the boom of a fighter jet, but there were some
>> big beasts up there that would shake walnuts out of the trees and crack
>> windows. This is going back in memory here, but wasn't there one of
>> these
>> planes that had an unusual double-boom where the second one was hugely
>> more
>> powerful?
>>
>> They eventually changed the rules that required something like 20 miles
>> from
>> population to go supersonic, but back in those days the nuke guys did
>> their
>> own thing and they cut the corner going up the lake, so instead of 20
>> miles
>> out, they were buzzing the lighthouses.
>>
>> AG
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